They do leave to personal choice. If you work for EDF or SNCF, you could retire at the age of 55 with a reduced pension.
And many other companies too. But the government doesn't leave it personal choice. They play the guilt game to say that we, the early retired are to blame for the government revenues being inadequate.
Not true of course, here's why they are:
The wealthy inadequately taxed through tax havens we deliberately create for that purpose
Costly involvement in America's wars that are nothing to do with us, from Korea 1950 through to Ukraine now.
Huge expenditure on defence equipment that threatens us rather than defends us, for example an assault fleet, two aircaft carriers, large numbers of F35B bombers, Polaris and Trident. All of which makes us a target for any belligerant who feels threatened by it.
And the pretence of being a first world power, implicit in the above.
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